Carpet-cleaning machine



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S. T. JULL.

CARPET CLEANING MACHINE.

No. 330,406. Patented Nov. 17, 1885.

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S. T. J ULL.

CARPET CLEANING MACHINE.

No. 830,406. Patented Nov. 17, 1885.

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lJNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

SAMUEL T. JULL, OF CLEVELAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO D. J. O. ARNOLD, OF NEWV LONDON, OHIO.

CARPET-CLEANING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 330,406, dated November 17, 1885,

Application filed April 13, 1885. Serial No. 162,160. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL T. JULL, of Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpet-Cleaning Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rotary machines for cleaning carpets, 85c. and it consists of a slotted cage in which the carpet is placed, which is provided with radial shelves of graduated width, arranged longitudinally against the inside of said cage, for retaining the carpet against the sides for short intervals, the carpet then dropping to the lower side of the cage, thus beating the dust and dirt out of it. The said cage is journaled to asuitable framework and rotates in an inclosed cylindrical casing, at the lower side of which is made a narrow opening for the discharge of the dust which is induced by the current of air made by the revolutions of the said cage.

The above-mentioned machine is constructed, combined, and operates as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a perspective view of my machine, having a portion of the outer casing broken away to show the cage within. Fig. 2 is a cross-section, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section, of the machine.

A is a cylindrical casing entirely inclosed, except at the center of the heads, where an opening is made surrounding the journals of the cage within, and a longitudinal opening, a, at the lower side. In one side of the easing is made a door, B, for the purpose of get ting at the interior.

0 O are diagonal posts supported by braces c 0, arranged at each end of the casing, to which are attached the journal-boxes D D, for the cage, and boxes E E, for a driving-shaft, F.

G is an octagon cage, whose ends are composed of spokes H, the panels between which are filled in with slats I. The spokes are joined at the center to a disk, J, having j ournalsj, supporting the said cage in the boxes D.

The outer ends of the spokes are joined to a strong felly, which also forms the belt-pulleys for imparting a rotary motion to the cage, the driving-belts K connecting with the pulleys 70 on the aforesaid driving-shaft F. The two heads of the cage are united by rails L, the spaces between which are filled with slatted panels,consisting of frames M, having slats m, running circumferentially around the cage sides. These panels are all hung with hinges to the said rails, so that each one forms a door, thus rendering it unnecessary to revolve the cage around to a given point to openit, as any one of the said panelswhich stops near the door B of the casing may be opened for the purpose of placing a carpet into or removing it from the cage.

N N are shelves or wings placed inside the cage, and are secured against the rails. Said shelves are made narrow at one end and broad at the other, and they are arranged with the broad end of one opposite the narrow end of the next, and so alternately around the cage.

Having described my invention, I claim In a carpet-cleaning machine, the eightsided cage G, consisting of the heads hav1ng radial spokes H, joined to disks J, provided with the journals j, and having the slatted panels I, the eight sides containing hinged panels M, and provided with the tapering shelves N,alternately arranged, as shown, and the cylindrical case A, provided with door B in one side, and also having opening a at the bottom, for discharge of the dust, in combination with the driving-shaft F, having pulleys 7c 70, connected by belts K to the cage, the boxes for the journals of said cage, and shaft supported on the posts 0 0, all. constructed and operating substantially as described, and for the purpose specified."

SAMUEL T. JULL.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. TIBBITTS, M. G. NORTON. 

